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Raising awareness about alpha-gal syndrome, the mammalian meat allergy. Posts≠medical advice. Website: alphagalinformation.org #alphagal #alphagalsyndrome #allergy #glycotime

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @handle.invalid · 25/06/2026
As alpha-gal syndrome spreads rapidly, Congress must invest in life-saving research that will help discover new treatments and improve the lives of those dealing with the condition. That’s why I’m fighting to provide federal funding for alpha-gal syndrome research. cleaver.house.gov/media-center...
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Congressman Cleaver Submits Amendment to Provide $5 Million for Alpha-gal Syndrome Research
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that he, along with Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), has submitted an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for ...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 25/06/2026
The lone-star tick is expanding across the U.S., leading to more cases of alpha-gal syndrome. on.wsj.com/4eNlyvb
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The Ticks That Cause Red-Meat Allergies Are on the Move This Summer
The lone-star tick is expanding across the U.S., leading to more cases of alpha-gal syndrome.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/06/2026
Alpha-gal syndrome was an epidemiological novelty at first—a tale of far-flung scientists, baffling symptoms, and bloodthirsty ticks. Then it began to spread. Burkhard Bilger reports on the tick-borne disease that can cause a dangerous allergy to red meat. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/M8KYea
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The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us
Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life.
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Marcin Czerwinski @czerwinsmarcin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New piece from our lab: alpha-Gal syndrome from a glycobiologist's point of view. How glycans in ticks' saliva immunize us, and how our immune system responds to similar glycans present in red meat. Glycoproteins/glycolipids discussed. @alphagal-info.bsky.social tinyurl.com/55762ewu #glycotime
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Can you farm with alpha-gal? Allergy disrupts the livelihoods of Missouri farmers www.kbia.org/kbia-news/20...
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Can you farm with alpha-gal? Allergy disrupts the livelihoods of Missouri farmers
Managing alpha-gal syndrome can be hard for anyone, but for farmers who are in close contact with mammals — the allergy can be ruinous and, sometimes, life-threatening.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Alpha-gal Syndrome Surveillance–-the Virginia Experience! Free! AGS cases are rising nationwide, underscoring an urgent need for accurate surveillance. VA epidemiologists will describe innovative surveillance strategies shaping the national response. Register now! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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LymeDisease.org @lymenews.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome, otherwise known as the red meat allergy, is on the rise across the United States. Two new continuing medical education courses—one from the CDC and one from VectorWise CME—aim to boost clinician awareness and training. READ MORE www.lymedisease.org/alpha-gal-tr...
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Two new CME courses aim to close alpha-gal syndrome knowledge gap | LymeDisease.org
As alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) continues to rise across the United States, two new continuing medical education (CME) courses—one from the CDC and one from
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Tragic, but absolutely NOT the first alpha-gal-related death. There are at least a dozen deaths documented in the literature and quite a few deaths nobody bothered to officially document.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
🚨🩸 Growing evidence links #AlphaGalSyndrome to transfusion reactions. 1️⃣ AGS patients without type B blood may make alpha-gal IgE that binds B antigen. 2️⃣ Risk: plasma/platelet transfusions from type B donors. 3️⃣ Data is from patients with type O blood--implications for those with type A unclear? 1/
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Check out the fantastic new alpha-gal syndrome provider training module from the CDC--FREE CE credits. 👉 Take the course & share with colleagues!
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Keep your cats indoors! It's better for them, you, and birds.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
It’s peak season for larval ticks. They look like chiggers, but they’re NOT—watch out!
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Alpha-gal syndrome’s inconsistency has serious consequences: reactions are dangerously unpredictable, and diagnosis is often delayed or missed.
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Lesley @eveybird.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Ask your member of the U.S. House of Representatives to become a cosponsor of the Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act – H.R. 1178. #alphagal #ticks #tickborneillnesses #lymedisease secure.everyaction.com/mOO1D7F_FUG4...
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Take Action on the Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act!
Ask your member of the U.S. House of Representatives to become a cosponsor of the Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act – H.R. 1178.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Please consider sharing this. There is misinformation about this on trusted websites that providers tend to rely on.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Don't play Russian roulette. I can't tell you how many people have told me they can eat pork or venison, only to text me from the ER a few months later after reacting to it.
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LymeDisease.org @lymenews.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
If you have alpha-gal syndrome, you need to know what your dentist is putting in your mouth. us.dental-tribune.com/news/alpha-g... via @DentalTribuneIn
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Tick-borne allergy poses hidden risks in dentistry
Study found that alpha-gal syndrome reactions are related to dental products and identified materials and ingredients that could pose risks.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/08/2025
A condition known as alpha-gal syndrome is changing the way many people shop, cook and eat on Martha’s Vineyard, an island long known as a food-lover’s retreat. A single tick bite can leave people with this life-threatening allergy to most meat and dairy.
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Why Is Martha’s Vineyard Going Vegan? It’s All About Tick Bites.
Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New CDC map highlights dramatic expansion of lone star tick's range. Wherever lone star ticks are established, they tend to outcompete and replace black-legged ticks. This is going to change the face of tick-borne disease in North America. 1/
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
You are invited to join a free webinar! Learn about alpha-gal syndrome and the unique features which set it apart from other food allergies! When: Aug 7, 1pm ET/12pm CT Where: Zoom Who: Sharon Forsyth, creator of Alpha-gal Information Register by clicking below. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
If there are any immunologists who want to explore this allergy further, I have both alpha-gal syndrome and a severe tsetse fly allergy and would be happy to donate blood, etc.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Did you see the recent Am College of Cardiology paper that discusses the problem of premature degeneration of bioprosthetic heart valves in people AGS? Well, that's the tip of the iceberg, folks.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Safety of Bovine and Porcine Derived Orthopaedic Implants: Growing Concern for Alpha-gal Syndrome 1/ journaloei.scholasticahq.com/article/128537
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Safety of Bovine and Porcine Derived Orthopaedic Implants: Growing Concern for Alpha-gal Syndrome | Published in Journal of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation
By Dillon Clancy, Steven Frey & 1 more. This article reviews the available literature on orthopaedic porcine and bovine implants in the AGS population, and future avenues of research
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Alpha-gal syndrome: it's more than a food allergy. www.acc.org/Latest-in-Ca...
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Feature | The Overlooked Cardiac Implications of Alpha-Gal Syndrome - American College of Cardiology
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Oliver Milman @olliemilman.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Ticks that cause a bizarre allergy to meat in people are advancing across a warming US, experts warn. Lone star ticks are aggressive, too. “They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,” one alpha gal sufferer told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
A big thanks to Representative Suhas Subramanyam @repsuhas.bsky.social for cosponsoring the Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act. Thank you, Rep Subramanyam, for bringing the alpha-gal community one step closer to having safe food options.
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Cleveland Clinic @clevelandclinic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a severe allergy to a sugar molecule called galactose-alpha-1, 3-galactose (commonly referred to as alpha-gal), which is found in the cells of most mammals. Symptoms appear after eating meat or other food products with animal connections, such as dairy or gelatin.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Did you know that alpha-gal syndrome is NOT the only mammalian meat (red meat) allergy? 1/ europepmc.org/backend/ptpm...
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John Carlson @johncarlson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Alpha-Gal syndrome is the allergy to red meat induced by tick bites. As if that weren’t strange enough, a major challenge in diagnosis is the inconsistency of reactions that happen with each exposure.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Alpha-gal syndrome cases have grown exponentially since AGS was first described in 2009. In part, this is due to an increase in awareness leading to an increase in diagnosis. But it is also because lone star tick populations are exploding and lone star ticks are spreading. (U.S. stats)
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
5 Tips about Lone Star Ticks From lone star tick expert, Patrick Roden-Reynolds youtu.be/3uEODPkB35E?...
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5 things to know about lone star ticks, from tick expert Patrick Roden-Reynolds (MV Tick Program)
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Marcin Czerwinski @czerwinsmarcin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Moje uwagi na blogu @eksperymentmyslowy.bsky.social o alergii na czerwone mięso w wyniku ukąszenia przez kleszcza: tinyurl.com/3pdb44sw #glycotime @alphagal-info.bsky.social @alphagal-res.bsky.social
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Learn from an expert: alpha-gal syndrome testing and diagnosis pearls from expert Dr. Scott Commins youtu.be/i84ngjDm3cc?...
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Alpha-gal syndrome: testing and diagnosis pearls from expert Scott Commins, MD, PhD
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Can we please put this myth to rest once and for all? It puts people at risk to believe this. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Lone star ticks LOVE certain kinds of habitats, BUT... 1/
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 29/05/2025
The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks ->The Scientist | More info from EcoSearch
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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Thanks, @lymenews.bsky.social, for raising awareness about occupations at special risk of developing tick-borne disease, including Lyme and alpha-gal syndrome. Sandy is doing an amazing job of raising awareness about TBD and tick bite avoidance among surveyors with help from NSPS.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks
At the intersection of a red meat allergy and a cancer-drug reaction investigations, researchers pinned a lone star culprit.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Summer Tick Workshop--what a cool opportunity! www.georgiasouthern.edu/research/cen...
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Summer Tick Workshop – USNTC - Georgia Southern University
Join the Annual Tick Workshop at Georgia Southern University! Learn about tick systematics, evolution, and pathogen research through hands-on training and expert instruction.
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Tick tips that work against lone star ticks: carry a lint roller!
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Alpha-gal Information @alphagal-info.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Lone star ticks are tougher, faster and more aggressive than black-legged ticks--and they HUNT you! Regular tick bite avoidance tips don't cut it for these ticks, which are like a cross between a hungry lentil and a velociraptor. Learn what does! youtu.be/qC9vMpM3fe8?...
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Next level tick bite avoidance tips: lone star tick edition
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